Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego—otherwise known as the artist Paula Rego—isn’t one to compromise her vision. She was born in Lisbon in 1935, and came of age in the midst of a fascist dictatorship. Her father was a dissident, like his father before him, and harbored a great love for the United Kingdom. He sent Rego to England to complete her studies; she attended Slade alongside David Hockney and Frank Auerbach. Though her work is political, her reputation has never been that of a radical. Rego’s images are drawn from myths and folk tales, and tell stories about dysfunctional families, political systems, and social structures. Unsettling and dark, they are permeated with a sense of unease. Like the artist Francis Bacon, Rego is fascinated by “the beautiful grotesque.” Her first exhibition in Switzerland, “Power Games” presents works spanning five decades. —Elena Clavarino